While she considered herself to be a valued member of the former Ometepe tribe's alliance spearheaded by Rob 'Boston Rob' Mariano, Andrea Boehlke soon found herself blindsided and sent to Redemption Island. While she earned another opportunity to re-enter the competition after winning the final duel, she struggled to integrate herself into the tightly-knit group and was once again ousted, this time ending her time in the game for good and heading to the jury.

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Here's what the 21-year-old had to say about her Survivor experience...

What was it like playing with Phillip? He seemed to cause a lot of tension in your tribe.
"Phillip was a trip. We had a love/hate relationship where I appreciated that he worked hard around the camp. He was always entertaining and always had something to talk about but there were times when he would just go off on us, so it was a love/hate thing."

What did you think when Matt told Rob about the plan you two had developed when he returned from Redemption Island?
"That moment was so pivotal in my game because we'd just talked. I was willing to work with him and I really trusted him. The last thing I expected was that because I told him not to tell anyone what we were planning and I wanted to play with him. Then he comes to me and says that he told Rob what we were planning and my heart dropped and I thought, 'Oh no, this is the worst thing that could happen.' So then I tried to mend things with Rob and say it wasn't what I was planning. At that point, I couldn't work with Matt if every time we came up with a plan he threw me under the bus. I love that kid, he's great, but it was a game changing moment or could have been if he hadn't told Rob what was up."

What has your experience in the game with Matt taught you?
"It's a game and I think Matt understands that. We had an up and down relationship within the game because we were really close and that's the reason that he went so early. I felt so awful as a person lying to his face because I really do like him but it's a game and that's what you have to do. I forgive Rob and everyone else for lying to me and I think he does too, he has a really warm heart and is great. Outside the game I really like him, I just had to put that to the side to play a little more strategically."

Before Matt was blindsided the first time, you had total faith in Rob. Did that event change your opinion of him?
"It was definitely a signal. And it's so weird out there, watching it is so funny because you're like, how could you? Obviously he knows that you have this thing with Matt so how could you trust him? But we'd been out there so long but Rob was just really good at making everyone feel comfortable. They never showed Grant and I interacting but we did a lot of it and we built up a trust, I think. When Matt came back I was ready to work with him over anyone else and then Matt spilled everything."

After the first blindside, did you kind of have it out for Rob?
"Yeah, especially in the beginning! At one point I thought, okay, we need to do something. Christina and I had some exchanges but she was always weird and hard to trust as well. But yeah, in the back of my head I always had that thought but it was hard when everyone on our tribe just catered to him all the time."

Who would you have liked to be in the final three with had you stayed?
"I was keeping my options open and I did think I would make it - we all believed Rob but Grant and I especially, and I thought he would have gone before me because he was a bigger threat. I did see myself going with Rob to the end, which is so stupid. If we all had just talked and figured things out we could have done something but that's why Rob was so good 'cos he pitted us against one another."

Do you think you might like to pursue a relationship with Matt now that the game is over?
"I mean, I do feel really close to him and I don't know exactly how he feels about me but we're really close and we talk a lot. maybe, I mean, we're in different parts of the country too and I just want to maintain our friendship but I'm single and open to whatever."

Do you think that the girls should have been braver and made bigger moves?
"Well, my angle pretty much when I came back was to tell them that we - myself included - didn't make strategic moves really. It was Rob pulling all the strings. There were points in the Ometepe alliance that we all thought we should vote out Julie. We all made decisions but in terms of individual strategic moves, it'll look to the jury that no one else made any big moves."

It seemed like you were treated a bit harshly upon arriving at Redemption Island. Was that the case?
"It was super awkward coming into the island because I was pissed at my tribe and I was the first member of Ometepe tribe to come there. Everyone was so nice and I came in like a firecracker all p*ssed and confused. I was fighting with Ralph and Matt and then I found out I had to sleep on the ground so it was a lot of emotions and just kind of tense. But I mean, there wasn't enough room in the shelter. They warmed up to me after a bit but I kind of understood why [they were the way they were]. I kind of expected that it wouldn't be a completely hunky dory welcome but we all made up."